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  2. Poe Returning to Boston - Wikipedia

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    Poe Returning to Boston is a statue of American author Edgar Allan Poe in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created by the American sculptor Stefanie Rocknak. [1] The statue is located at the corner of Boylston and Charles streets at Edgar Allan Poe Square. [2] The statue depicts Poe walking, facing away from the Boston Common.

  3. Poe Toaster - Wikipedia

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    Poe Toaster is the media sobriquet used to refer to an unidentified person (or probably more than one person in succession) who, for several decades, paid an annual tribute to the American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday.

  4. Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    The bas reliefs feature images of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [ 1 ] Bronze statues stand on the corners of the monument to represent peace, holding an olive branch and facing south; history, holding a book and gazing skyward; a sailor, clad in a navy uniform and gazing toward the sea; and the citizen-soldier, wearing an army ...

  5. Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia

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    Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.

  6. Edgar Allan Poe bibliography - Wikipedia

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    In December 1829, Poe released Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems in Baltimore [12] before delving into short stories for the first time with "Metzengerstein" in 1832. [13] His most successful and most widely read prose during his lifetime was " The Gold-Bug ", [ 14 ] which earned him a $100 prize, the most money he received for a single ...

  7. Rosa Mystica - Wikipedia

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    A devotional statue of Virgin Mary under the title of Rosa Mystica. A devotional image enshrined at the Maria Rosenberg Church in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, holds an 1138 painting of Mary, featuring roses. John Henry Newman said, Mary is the most beautiful flower ever seen in the spiritual world.

  8. Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia

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    First, in the 1831 collection Poems of Edgar A. Poe, it appeared with 74 lines as "Irene." It was 60 lines when it was printed in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier on May 22, 1841. Poe considered it one of his best compositions, according to a note he sent to fellow author James Russell Lowell in 1844. Like many of Poe's works, the poem focuses ...

  9. To Helen - Wikipedia

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    In referring to Helen, Poe is alluding to Helen of Troy who is considered to be the most beautiful woman who ever lived — according to the goddess Venus in the myth referred to as The Judgement of Paris. Helen of Troy was "the face that launched a thousand ships" such as the "Nicean barks" of the poem.